Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and current analytical account of the following areas: Ethylene producers, plant-by-plant capacities, supply/demand, future demand trend forecasts, Ethylene prices, international trade, upcoming projects. Production by company, Ethylene imports and exports, prices are presented for each region. The study includes profiles of major producers. This report is updated at the time of order which will take 3-5 days. Key Topics Covered: - Introduction: Ethylene Properties And Uses - Ethylene Manufacturing Processes - Ethylene World Market Outlook - Ethylene Market: Regional Analysis - Latest News in the Ethylene Market (2007-2008) - Ethylene Suppliers (Incl. Contact Details) - Profiles of Major Ethylene Producers Our reports combine empirical results with theoretical models and provide the most comprehensive coverage of the subject from leading researchers. The standard report covers one year price data (2007) and features regional trade statistics (2006). Retrospective information could be purchased additionally. Companies Mentioned: - BASF - Borealis - Chevron Phillips Chemical - Equistar Chemical - ExxonMobil Chemical - Huntsman - Ineous - LG Chem - Lonza Ltd - Mitsubishi Chemical Corp (MCC) - Mitsui Chemicals Inc - Nova Chemicals - Polimeri Europa - Repsol YPF - Sabic - Sasol - Shanghai Petrochemical - Shell - Showa Denko - Sinopec - The Dow Chemical - Tianjin United Chemical - Tosoh Corp
BASF strengthens R&D with more powerful supercomputer
BASF has started up a new supercomputer at its Ludwigshafen site to replace the existing one. With 3 petaflops of computing power, the new supercomputer is considerably more powerful than its 1.75 petaflop predecessor. “Digital technologies are among the most important instruments to furthe ... more
Chemovator, the business incubator of BASF, opens its doors for startups outside of the company
For five years, Chemovator has been working under the umbrella of BASF to develop scalable and investable business models from ideas that originated from within the company. As of now, the incubator opens its doors to all early-stage startups working on the successful and sustainable future ... more
BASF starts 2023 better than expected in a stagnating environment
“BASF started off 2023 better than analysts had expected – and in a stagnating and difficult economic environment,” said Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. The BASF businesses with customers in the agricultural and automotive sectors made a sub ... more
Industrial implementation of the ammonia synthesis - How does it work?
In September 1913, the first industrial-scale ammonia production plant came on stream at BASF in Ludwigshafen. The Haber-Bosch process for ammonia synthesis, which was first successfully operated at BASF Ludwigshafen in September 1913, was the decisive step into the age of mineral fertilize ... more
BASF-YPC Company Limited is a large scale petrochemical 50:50 joint venture between BASF and Sinopec. With a total investment amounting to USD 2.9 billion, its IPS (Integrated Petrochemical Site) I Project was started in September 2001 and put into commercial operation in June 2005. Our mis ... more
BASF Construction Solutions GmbH
BASF Construction Polymers GmbH, Trostberg, Germany, is a leading innovator and producer of construction and oilfield polymers. Our product portfolio for construction chemicals consists of superplasticizers, dispersants, plasticizers, rheology modifying agents, stabilizers, defoamers and ai ... more
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. more
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the"Global Chemical Industry" report to their offering. The global chemical industry has historically being concentrated in three world regions consisting primarily of the North American region, Western Europe and Japan. The European Commun ... more
Research and Markets: Chemical Wholesaling in the US
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Chemical Wholesaling in the US" report to their offering: Chemical balance: Downstream markets will aid demand, but high costs will limit growth. Fundamental elements: As a key intermediary within the supply chain, the Chemical Wholesa ... more
Extensive Guide for Linking Trade Name Chemicals To Generic Chemicals and Manufacturers
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Industrial Chemical Thesaurus, Fourth Edition-2004 to their offering. This thesaurus serves as the most comprehensive source for linking trade name chemicals to generic chemicals and manufacturers. This resource contains over 75,000 trade n ... more
Dow and Evonik have entered into an exclusive technology partnership. Together, they plan to bring a unique method for directly synthesizing propylene glycol (PG) from propylene and hydrogen peroxide to market maturity. The basis for the method, named HYPROSYN™, has been created over the la ... more
Dow announces divestiture of its Acetone Derivatives business
Dow announced that it has reached an agreement for the divestiture of its Acetone Derivatives business to ALTIVIA Ketones & Additives, LLC, an affiliate of ALTIVIA, a privately held producer of chemicals headquartered in Houston, Texas. “This divestiture illustrates Dow’s disciplined approa ... more
Dow holds groundbreaking ceremony for new silicone resin plant in China
Dow held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new high-value silicone resin plant to be located at the Company’s manufacturing site in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China. The new facility will significantly expand Dow’s global high-value silicone resin capacity to meet increased demand for the creatio ... more
Philadelphia is the home for Dow’s Advanced Materials Division, which is the umbrella for some of the company’s most important high-growth specialty businesses. Five businesses make up the division – Coatings, Building and Construction, Paper and Textiles, Specialty Packaging and Films, Des ... more
NOVA Chemicals is the ICIS Company of the Year
ICIS Chemical Business magazine announced that NOVA Chemicals has been named the ICIS Company of the Year."Congratulations to NOVA Chemicals for an outstanding financial performance in 2011 and continuing success through the first half of 2012," said Joseph Chang, Global Editor of ICIS Chem ... more
Stephen B. Soules joins NOVA Chemicals Board of Directors
NOVA Chemicals announced that Stephen B. Soules was appointed to its Board of Directors effective December 1, 2010. Currently, Mr. Soules is an advisor to organizations in the Canadian energy and technology sectors after serving in senior executive and financial leadership positions for se ... more
NOVA Chemicals Announces New Board of Directors
NOVA Chemicals announced the membership of its new Board of Directors, including the appointment of Dr. Gerhard Roiss as Chairman of the Board and Mohamed Al Mehairi as Vice Chairman. International Petroleum Investment Corporation (IPIC) and OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OMV) recently received c ... more
NOVA Chemicals develops and manufactures chemicals and plastic resins that make everyday life healthier, easier and safer. Our employees work to ensure health, safety, security and environmental stewardship through our commitment to sustainability and Responsible Care®. NOVA Chemicals, head ... more
Showa Denko K.K. has developed neural network models to predict mechanical properties of 2000-series aluminum alloys from their design conditions with high accuracy in collaboration with National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) and The University of Tokyo (UTokyo). The developed model ... more
Showa Denko (SDK) to expand high-purity aluminum foil plant
Showa Denko has decided to increase its capacity in China to produce high-purity aluminum foil, which is a major material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors. SDK will increase Showa Denko Aluminum (Nantong) Co., Ltd.'s capacity to produce high-purity aluminum foil from 600 tons to 800 ton ... more
SGL Group signed agreement to sell its graphite electrode business to Showa Denko
SGL Carbon SE signed the sale and purchase agreement to sell its graphite electrode (GE) business to Showa Denko (Japan). The two parties have agreed on an enterprise value (cash and debt free) of 350 million euros, which, after deduction of standard debt-like items (mainly pension and rest ... more
Advantages of polymer-based columns for HPLC
The whitepaper shows the separation of large biomolecules (proteins, peptides, amino acids) and polar substances (vitamins, sugars, pesticides). more
ExxonMobil, Renewable Energy Group and Clariant to advance cellulosic biofuel research
ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) said that they have signed a joint research agreement with Clariant to evaluate the potential use of cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste and residues to produce biofuel, which has the potential to play a role in reducing gree ... more
ExxonMobil to expand specialty elastomers capacity at Newport, Wales plant
ExxonMobil announced today plans to expand its specialty elastomers plant in Newport, Wales. The company said the project, expected to be completed in late 2017, will result in a 25-percent increase in its global capacity to manufacture Santoprene™ thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV), high-perf ... more
ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies Unveiled
ICIS Chemical Business magazine has unveiled its annual ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies listing ranked by 2011 sales. At the top is Germany's BASF with $95.2bn in sales, followed by a new number two - China's Sinopec with $65.8bn in chemical sales, which edged out US-based ExxonMobil Chemic ... more
Development of a versatile, accurate AI prediction technique even with a small number of experiments
NIMS, Asahi Kasei, Mitsubishi Chemical, Mitsui Chemicals and Sumitomo Chemical have used the chemical materials open platform framework to develop an AI technique capable of increasing the accuracy of machine learning-based predictions of material properties (e.g., strength, brittleness) th ... more
Mitsui Chemicals and Prime Polymer Establish New PP Compounds Company in Netherlands
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., owned 65 percent by Mitsui Chemicals and 35 percent by Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., announced that the Group will establish Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites Europe B.V. in the Netherlands, together with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The new company will ... more
Mitsui Chemicals expands electrolyte solution production in Taiwan
Formosa Mitsui Advanced Chemicals Co., Ltd., a joint venture of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Formosa Plastics Corporation, is to beef up the capacity of its lithium-ion, battery-use, electrolyte solution production facilities. Demand for lithium ion batteries has expanded in line with the gro ... more
Within the Mitsui Chemicals Group, Mitsui Chemicals Europe is serving next to the European markets also the Middle East regions and Africa. The European headquarter is located in Dusseldorf, home of the biggest Japanese community in Europe. Our product portfolio includes amongst others fine ... more
Henkel signs agreement with Shell on renewable-based ingredients
Henkel and Shell Chemical LP have agreed to a five-year collaboration to replace up to 200,000 tonnes of fossil feedstocks used in the manufacture of surfactants with feedstocks that are based on renewable raw materials. The renewable-based surfactants will be used in Henkel’s laundry produ ... more
W2C Rotterdam project welcomes Shell as partner
A consortium of world-leading companies comprising Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam – has announced that Shell will join as a partner in Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Shell w ... more
Shell signs of binding definitive agreements on the separation of Motiva
Royal Dutch Shell announces the signing of binding definitive agreements between SOPC Holdings East LLC (a U.S. downstream subsidiary of Shell) and Saudi Refining Inc. ("SRI") (a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Oil Company ("Saudi Aramco")) on the separation of assets, liabilities ... more
We are a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies employing an average 93,000 people across the world. We have operated in the UK since 1897. more
We believe that oil and gas will be integral to the global energy needs for economic development for many decades to come. Our role is to ensure that we extract and deliver them profitably and in environmentally and socially responsible ways. Our strategy and priorities for the future are ... more
The development of hydrogen from its discovery as a chemical element to taking up a position as the most important source of energy of the future is a journey through the past and the future. A journey with ups and downs, with both loyal and lapsed fellow travellers, and in constantly chang ... more
Founder of Huntsman Corp. dies at age 80
Jon M. Huntsman, founder and Chairman Emeritus of Huntsman Corporation, passed away today at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by family. Widely regarded as one of his generation's great industrialists, Mr. Huntsman leaves behind an extraordinary legacy. He was a pioneer in the ... more
Huntsman Acquires Polyurethane Elastomer Manufacturer Tecnoelastomeri
Huntsman Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of Tecnoelastomeri, a manufacturer and marketer of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) based hot-cast elastomer systems and processing machines, based in Modena, Italy. 2014 sales revenue for Tecnoelastomeri was approxi ... more
Huntsman Increases Specialty Amine Capacity
Huntsman Corporation announced plans to expand capacity of specialty amines at its manufacturing facilities in Petfurdo, Hungary and in Conroe, Texas (USA). The new multipurpose unit at Petfurdo extends the Huntsman manufacturing portfolio, further leverages the company’s integrated amines ... more
Our Osnabrück facility specialises in the manufacture of TPU elastomers and crosslinkers. TPU Elastomers are used for large variety of applications such as extrusion and injection molding products (shoe industry, automotive industry, machinery equipment, production of hoses, film and sheet ... more
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly-traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2021 revenues of approximately $8 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of co ... more
Huntsman Advanced Materials (Switzerland) GmbH
Huntsman Advanced Materials is a leading global supplier of synthetic and formulated polymer systems for customers requiring high performance materials which outperform the properties, functionality and durability of traditional materials. We enjoy a long heritage of pioneering technologic ... more
Röhm agrees to acquire Functional Forms business from SABIC
Röhm has agreed to acquire the Functional Forms business of SABIC, subject to customary consultation with the respective works councils and approval of the antitrust authorities. Röhm thereby adds Polycarbonate sheets and films to its existing range of PMMA sheets and films, further expandi ... more
BASF, SABIC and Linde have started construction of the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. By using electricity from renewable sources instead of natural gas, the new technology has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions of one of the ... more
BASF, SABIC and Linde have signed a joint agreement to develop and demonstrate solutions for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. The partners have already jointly worked on concepts to use renewable electricity instead of the fossil fuel gas typically used for the heating process. W ... more
Sinopec Launches the World's Largest Green Hydrogen-Coal Chemical Project in Inner Mongolia
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) held launching ceremonies of its first hydrogen demonstration project in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Inner Mongolia Erdos Wind-Solar Green Hydrogen Project, on February 16 in Beijing, Hohhot and Erdos. The Project will utilize t ... more
BASF and SINOPEC to further expand their Verbund site in Nanjing, China
BASF and SINOPEC will further expand their Verbund site operated by BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BASF-YPC), a 50-50 joint venture of both companies in Nanjing, China. It includes the capacity expansion of several downstream chemical plants, including a new tert-butyl acrylate plant to support the gr ... more
BASF and SINOPEC sign Memorandum of Understanding to expand cooperation in China
BASF and SINOPEC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Beijing to further strengthen their partnership in upstream and downstream chemical production in China. The partners intend to build an additional steam cracker and to further expand their existing 50:50 joint venture, BAS ... more
Development of a versatile, accurate AI prediction technique even with a small number of experiments
NIMS, Asahi Kasei, Mitsubishi Chemical, Mitsui Chemicals and Sumitomo Chemical have used the chemical materials open platform framework to develop an AI technique capable of increasing the accuracy of machine learning-based predictions of material properties (e.g., strength, brittleness) th ... more
DSM and MCC complete exchange polycarbonate and polyamide businesses
DSM Engineering Plastics, a business group of Royal DSM N.V., announces that it has completed the acquisition of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's (MCC) Novamid® polyamide business in exchange for DSM's Xantar® polycarbonate business. In February 2010 both companies signed the contracts fo ... more
Emerson customer Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation earns 2009 HART Plant of the Year award
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's ethylene plant in Kashima, Japan, has been named 2009 HART Plant of the Year by the HART Communication Foundation. The plant, an Emerson Process Management customer, was recognised for innovative use of the advanced capabilities of HART Communication in rea ... more
Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH
Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Mitsubishi Chemical America (MCA), one of 4 regional headquarters established by parent company Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, includes 18 group companies in North and South America. The formation of regional headquarters on April 1, 2017 has provided the o ... more
Tosoh Bioscience celebrates its 20th Anniversary
20 years ago, on July 20, 1989, TosoHaas opened the doors to the Biopharmaceutical industry. Starting out with a team of five employees, TosoHaas, over time, developed into a profitable business with constant growth. In the start TosoHaas focused on promoting the nowadays well known TSK-GE ... more
Nippon Polyurethane Industry Becomes Tosoh Subsidiary
Tosoh Corporation announced that it will raise its stake in Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co. Ltd. (NPU) to 51% from the current 35% by acquiring NPU shares held by affiliate, Hodogaya Chemical Co. Ltd. The move further accelerates Tosoh's vinyl-isocyanate strategy and strengthens ties as th ... more
DSM-Tosoh-Joint-Venture Holland Sweetener Company to exit from aspartame business
Holland Sweetener Company VoF (HSC) has announced its decision to withdraw from the aspartame business. HSC is a 50/50 joint venture between Royal DSM N.V. and Tosoh Corporation (Japan). The company will terminate its activities at the end of 2006 and as a consequence will discontinue the p ... more
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This MALS detector for (U)HPLC and SEC loves details – analyze macromolecules from 2 to 50 nm
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This MALS detector for (U)HPLC and SEC loves details – analyze macromolecules from 2 to 50 nm
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Tosoh Bioscience is an acknowledged global leader in the field of liquid chromatography with a focus on bioseparations. For more than 25 years, Tosoh Bioscience is providing cutting-edge solutions for customers developing and producing biologics, biosimilars or biobetters. The product portf ... more
TOSOH Europe B.V. is a regional head office for Tosoh Corporation and serves as the European sales, marketing, and business development center. The Company is proud to provide innovative products with reliable service that customers can depend on. As part of Tosoh Corporation’s overall stra ... more
Tosoh Corporation is the parent company of a Japanese chemical and specialty products and materials group that comprises over 100 companies worldwide and a multiethnic workforce of more than 12,000 people. The parent company was established in 1935 and is listed on the First Section of the ... more
Lonza Starts 2017 with Outstanding First Quarter
During the first quarter of 2017, Lonza achieved another record quarter in terms of sales and earnings. The healthy overall company performance resulted from particularly strong performance in the Pharma&Biotech segment and continued robust growth in the Specialty Ingredients segment. “Foll ... more
Lonza reports strong Q3 momentum
Lonza recorded another strong quarter in terms of sales and earnings. The overall company results were a consequence of continued good performance in both the Specialty Ingredients and the Pharma&Biotech segments. “We have experienced a continuous growth pattern, which is further proof that ... more
Lonza Acquires Chemical Company Zelam Based in New Zealand
Lonza announced that it has acquired Zelam, a research-focused chemical company based in New Zealand, which develops and manufactures products for crop protection, specializing in fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, foliar nutrients and additives. Zelam also develops and manufactures prod ... more
Lonza continues to leverage its core strengths in innovation, technology, and regulatory expertise while capturing cross-divisional synergies in manufacturing, research, and sales. By clicking the Factsheet will find a detailed breakdown of our management committees, business divisions, gro ... more
Lonza Ibérica is responsible for the sales and market development of Fine Chemicals, Biocides, Vitamines and other Exclusive products cGMP or not in Spain and Portugal. Moreover, some of our business is in the area of Custom Synthesis for Life Science companies. Lonza Ibérica works as our c ... more
Arkema has finalized the acquisition of Repsol YPF
Arkema has finalized the acquisition of the Repsol YPF group's PMMA sheet and block business. This activity will become part of its PMMA and Methacrylics business unit. This acquisition will allow Altuglas International, an Arkema subsidiary, to bolster its position as European leader in th ... more
Arkema plans acquisition of the PMMA sheet and block production activity from the Repsol YPF group
Arkema announced the planned acquisition of the PMMA sheet and block production activity from the Repsol YPF group. According to Christophe de Saint Louvent, Group President of Arkema's PMMA and Methacrylics business, "this acquisition represents an excellent growth opportunity in a segmen ... more
Repsol selects Basell's Spherizone technology for new 300 KT/year polypropylene plant in Portugal
Repsol Polímeros, Lda., an affiliate of Repsol YPF, has selected Basell's Spherizone technology for a new 300 KT per year polypropylene plant it plans to build in Sines, Portugal. Start-up is expected in 2010. "Our relationship with Repsol dates back to the early 1960's," said Just Jansz, ... more
Repsol YPF is an integrated international oil and gas company, operating in more than 30 countries and is the leader in Spain and Argentina. more
Sasol Chemicals supports INERATEC’s new synthetic fuel plant
Sasol Chemicals will deliver a first fill of its latest Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalyst free of charge to Ineratec, in one of several recent commitments to promising renewable projects. The FT catalyst will be used in the lighthouse project the Karlsruhe-based clean tech company is currently ... more
40-million-euro sustainable kerosene research project CARE-O-SENE receives funding
The international research project CARE-O-SENE (Catalyst Research for Sustainable Kerosene) was granted 30 million euros in funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Additionally, the industrial consortium partners contribute 10 million euros. The aim of the p ... more
Sasol Chemicals achieves sustainability milestone at three largest European sites
Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd., has earned certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for its three largest manufacturing facilities in Europe. The company’s facilities in Marl and Brunsbüttel, Germany, and Augusta, Italy, have ... more
For Sasol to be strong and sustainably profitable, we have to know what we are working towards (our goal) and what is expected of us as individuals, as teams and as an organisation. Our common goal is to make Sasol a great company that delivers long-term value to its shareholders and employ ... more
Sasol Olefins & Surfactants GmbH
Sasol Olefins & Surfactants is a division of Sasol Chemical Industries and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. We are a leading global supplier of detergent raw materials including LAB, fatty alcohols, surfactants, detergent ingredients and synthetic high purity aluminas. Our diversified ... more
BOC and SPC to form industrial gases joint venture in Shanghai, China
BOC and Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SPC), a subsidiary of Sinopec Group, have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 industrial gases joint venture (JV) and entered into a contract to supply industrial gases to SPC and nearby users in Shanghai, China. The JV, BOC-SPC Gases Company Ltd., ... more
Emerson Digitally Automates $2.7 Billion Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Complex
Emerson Process Management announced the completion of a digital automation project at one of the largest integrated petrochemical complexes in China. Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company selected Emerson in 2003 as its digital automation partner for the $2.7 billion, 10-plant ethylene crac ... more
BP, Sinopec and SPC celebrate SECCO completion
BP, Sinopec and Shanghai Petrochemical Company, the three parties in the SECCO joint venture, celebrated the successful construction and commissioning of the $2.7bn SECCO manufacturing site at a ceremony in Shanghai, following a decade-long collaboration. The 220-hectare SECCO facility, th ... more
BluCon Biotech and LG Chem enter into unique investment agreement
BluCon Biotech, a German biotech company, and LG Chem, a Korean chemical company, have entered into an investment agreement to scale up and commercialize BluCon Biotech’s proprietary technology to supplement LG Chem´s bio-economy portfolio BluCon Biotech’s technology has the potential to be ... more
Süd-Chemie and LG Chem to jointly manufacture high quality LFP
Dr. Günter von Au, Chairman of the Managing Board (CEO) of Süd-Chemie AG, Munich/Germany, and Peter Bahnsuk Kim, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul/Korea, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture for high volume produc ... more
Bioengineers Succeed in Producing Plastic Without the use of Fossil Fuels
A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This groundbreaking research, which may now allow for the production of environmentally consci ... more
Dow Technology Licensing, a business unit of the Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated affiliates (Dow), and Davy Process Technology Limited (DPT), a Johnson Matthey company, announced that Tianjin Soda Plant (Tianjin Soda) of Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Company Limited has selected ... more
Air Liquide: Major investment in the new development zone in Tianjin (China)
Air Liquide announced the signature of a Joint Venture contract with Tianjin Soda Plant, a subsidiary of the Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group, on July 26, 2006. Under the terms of the JV contract, Air Liquide and Tianjin Soda will create a joint venture company in Tianjin, in which A ... more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Announces Senior Management Changes
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC announced a number of senior management changes, effective August 1, 2015. Mark Lashier, currently Executive Vice President, Olefins & Polyolefins, will become Executive Vice President, Commercial. In his new role, Lashier will serve as the lead commerc ... more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Completes Sale of its Ryton PPS Business to Solvay
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company announced that it has completed the sale of its Ryton® polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) business to Solvay’s Global Business Unit (GBU) Specialty Polymers (Solvay) for $220 million.As part of the transaction, Solvay purchased the Ryton® PPS unit in Chevron Phill ... more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced plans to build a state-of-the-art polyethylene pilot plant at its research and technology facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The new pilot plant will incorporate Chevron Phillips Chemical’s proprietary MarTECH™ loop slurry process for polyethy ... more
Neste, Borealis, Uponor, Wastewise Group enable chemical recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic waste
Neste, Borealis, Uponor and Wastewise have successfully produced pipes made of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) which was based on feedstock gained from chemically recycled post-industrial waste plastic from PEX pipe production, using an ISCC PLUS certified mass-balancing approach. The partn ... more
Incident at Borealis in Stenungsund, Sweden
On May 9, at 20.45 CEST a local fire occurred at the steam cracker at Borealis‘ production location in Stenungsund, Sweden. The emergency plan was immediately activated by the local crisis team. The fire brigade arrived on site promptly and took steps to contain the fire. Thanks to the quic ... more
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Adani Group, BASF SE and Borealis AG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to engage in a joint feasibility study to further evaluate a collaboration for the establishment of a chemical complex in Mundra, Gujarat, India.This is the next step ... more
With more than 40 years of experience in polyolefins and using our unique Borstar® technology, we focus on providing plastic materials to the infrastructure, automotive and advanced packaging markets across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Our production facilities, innovation centres and ... more
With more than 50 years of experience in polyolefins and using our unique Borstar® technology, we focus on providing plastic materials to the infrastructure, automotive and advanced packaging markets across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Our production facilities, innovation centres an ... more
Versalis, eni’s chemicals company, is also Italy’s largest Italian chemical company by sales, production volumes and number of employees. The company is on the cutting edge and continuously evolving and is one of the leading protagonists in the international chemicals industry. The company ... more
Equistar to Add Feedstock Flexibility at Corpus Christi
Equistar Chemicals announced that its Corpus Christi, Texas, olefins plant will transition to a feedstock slate of nearly all natural gas liquids (NGL) in 2010. Equistar will idle the site’s butadiene extraction and hydrodealkylation units as part of this transition. "Positioning the Corpu ... more
Equistar is one of the largest producers of ethylene, propylene and polyethylene in North America and a leading producer of ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, high value-added specialty polymers and polymeric powder. more
